This is the one thing that I neglected to put in the book. Bad me. No biscuit.
Anyways, in my head, the game was designed for three to five players. That said, there was a six-player game in playtest that worked out just fine. In theory, you should be able to play with two players as well, but that would involve
some minor rules tweaks.
Most of the games I've played have been with three players, and it works out well.
As for Jocelyn's game, I know that he wrote it up
here. The entire thread is a discussion of their playtest, but the post-game report starts at the end of page 7 of the thread.
This post is a retelling of the story, although there's a lot of good discussion surrounding it.
And, I'm biased, but
this comment is my personal favorite.:
Quote:
There's one scene in particular I would like to talk about. The opening scene with Lucy (who was at this point a non-character) and the investigator. In it, Lucy describes the murder victim and how she was murdered, going into a fair amount of detail, including a blatant rip-off of, or, if one is generous, an homage to, Chinatown, all of which sets up a lot of the action to come.
It was a great opening scene in terms of serving the purpose of opening scenes (laying lots of clues to be followed up on in the middle part of the story).
Later, Lucy is now a character, and it turns out that the murder victim is actually a suicide victim and that Lucy helped cover it up. But, in the opening scene Lucy said it was a murder victim, and spoke about the murder in a very CSI manner, giving out lots of details.
Meaning, in the opening scene, Lucy was lying through her teeth. But the really amazing part is, in that opening scene, the two advisors, the investigator, the investigator's player, and the narrator, all thought she was telling the truth.
Now the opening scene is incredible because it not only set up action, but it also had a character who was deeply involved in everything, up to and including the investigator's back story, lying big time and nobody knew it.
I can't think of another system that would make that happen.
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That quote was very satisfying to read.